It has been ages since i have been in here, as you all know, the days just fly by with a little one!
Welcome to the thread Kelly, Neptune and Lily Dust. Congratulations on the arrivals of your precious bundles.
Neptune - you are doing a fantastic job! I agree with FG - just do what is right for you and your baby. My older sister gave me that advice before I had Jasmine and it has served me well. I was lucky that my MW's were supportive of whatever I wanted to do. Jasmine has been predominately BF, but it took a long time for my milk to come in, so I was having to give her formula top ups and express after every feed to get everything moving along. It was exhausting! The good thing about it is that she got used to taking a bottle as well as the breast right from an early age, so if I had really sore nipples (she chewed the corner of one of them that ended up leading to mastitis) I would just express and feed from the bottle and/or give her some formula. She is now such a flexible baby with her feeding both with milk and with solids. Look after yourself and do not run yourself into the ground. If your nipples are sore then don't push yourself. You know what is best for you and your baby and whatever decision you make re feeding now and into the future will be the right one.
Kelly - I hope Tara is adjusting to the bottle ok. It is fantastic that you are seeing some weight gain.
I am still trying to catch up on the thread, so please forgive the lack of other personals. Hello to all of you yummy mummys xxx
AFM and Jasmine - we are doing really well. Jasmine is 7 months now and I just do not know where the time has gone. I look back at photos of when she was a newborn and just can't believe how much she has changed. She is such a little person now. She can sit on her own, she is rocking on her hands and knees trying to figure out how to crawl, she is moving in whatever way she can around the room (normally backwards), she is trying to pull herself up on things to stand, she talks (baby language) non-stop and is just the light of my life. I look at her every day in awe. I am so in love with her that I don't know how to put it into words. Sleep is still an issue for us (sorry to those with newborns - not trying to scare you!) Jasmine gets quite bad separation anxiety from me during the night, so will sleep fine when she is in bed with me, but does not want to sleep in her cot (even though it is right beside me). I am trying to get her used to her own cot and I know that it will happen eventually, but I just cannot use controlled crying. I know that every baby is different, and really this is the only issue that we have, and from my point of view it is not that big a deal. I was never somebody that needed a lot of sleep and fall back asleep quickly if my sleep is broken.
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